Higher rates of first episode psychosis in immigrants admitted in inpatient unit at southwest Spain

Nathalia Garrido-Torres; María Luisa Suárez-Suárez; Idalino Rocha-González; Luis Alameda; Lucas Giner; Manuel Canal-Rivero; Benedicto Crespo-Facorro; Miguel Ruiz-Veguilla

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114352

Higher rates of first episode psychosis in immigrants admitted in inpatient unit at southwest Spain

Psychiatry Res. 2022 Feb:308:114352. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114352. Epub 2021 Dec 22.

Authors

Nathalia Garrido-Torres¹, María Luisa Suárez-Suárez², Idalino Rocha-González³, Luis Alameda⁴, Lucas Giner⁵, Manuel Canal-Rivero¹, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro⁶, Miguel Ruiz-Veguilla¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Sevilla, Spain; Spanish Network for Research in Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Sevilla, Spain; Seville Biomedical Research Centre (IBIS), Sevilla, Spain; University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain.
² Juan Ramón Jiménez Hospital, Huelva, Spain.
³ Spanish Network for Research in Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Sevilla, Spain; Seville Biomedical Research Centre (IBIS), Sevilla, Spain.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Sevilla, Spain; Seville Biomedical Research Centre (IBIS), Sevilla, Spain; Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Service of General Psychiatry, Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), CH-1008 Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Sevilla, Spain.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Sevilla, Spain; Spanish Network for Research in Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Sevilla, Spain; Seville Biomedical Research Centre (IBIS), Sevilla, Spain; University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 34972027
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114352

Abstract

We present data on the incidence of admissions for first episode psychosis in a region of southern Spain. All consecutive cases of admissions to the psychiatric hospitalization unit due to psychosis were selected. The incidence rates for first episode psychosis among immigrants and non-immigrants between two years were calculated. Incidence rate ratio of first episode of psychosis was higher in immigrants (IRR 5.95 95% CI 3.8-9.3 p<0.001) and also in individuals from Sub-Saharan Africa (IRR: 30.09 95% CI:16.2-55.8 p<0.001). The results reflect the risk that immigrants have a greater risk of being hospitalized than non-immigrants.

Keywords: Incidence; Migrants; Psychosis.

MeSH terms

Emigrants and Immigrants*
Hospitalization
Humans
Incidence
Inpatients
Psychotic Disorders* / epidemiology
Spain / epidemiology